tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24852086138506051802024-03-05T03:57:32.552-06:00Wired LotusSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-43679525159853206442014-10-01T09:19:00.000-05:002014-10-01T09:19:11.044-05:00Resin Jewelry Book <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"I immediately took the book to the fireplace
and curled up with my pooch Daisy."</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span> </span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span>(Photo courtesy of my husband, Mike)</span></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></td></tr>
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I opened up my mailbox to find an explosion of color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is both literally and figuratively
speaking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Blue Brick’s, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shireen X. Nadir just released her book <u>Resin
Jewelry </u>(2<sup>nd</sup> edition).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is now in hard copy or can be instantly downloaded <a href="http://thebluebrick.ca/resin-jewelry-the-book/">http://thebluebrick.ca/resin-jewelry-the-book/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This luxurious jewelry
instructional book is loaded with vibrant photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I immediately took the book to the fireplace
and curled up with my pooch Daisy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
book kept me captivated much the same way <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>best friends connect <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>over a warm cup of tea on a cool fall
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shireen has many talents and she exhibits
those talents in her book through 16 step-by-step projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to the guided projects, she
offers tips on successful bezel creation, how to preserve flowers and foliage,
resin mixing and pouring and how to circumvent challenges while working with
resin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First and foremost, she is an
effective teacher, artist and communicator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her instructions are clear and concise from start to finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each project has an abundance of photos and is
written in detailed tutorial form. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is an added bonus that Shireen is a professional photographer and captures
action and still shots to demonstrate her lessons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her book is like ROY G BIV on steroids!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The jewel-tone color photography seems to fly
off the pages. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Readers will be captivated by the projects and the work
shared in the book. It is written for both the beginner and experienced resin jewelry
artist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What really made my heart sing
was the thorough instruction on how to use the vacuum extractor to yield
beautiful bubble free resin jewelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
does a superb job with describing and photographing the vacuum’s components and
the entire bubble-free resin process from start to finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She even includes the name and website of the
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For those that have tried the resin spheres, you may have
found that it is nearly impossible to get those air bubbles out of the mold, or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>trying to figure out the best pour method for
achieving that oh so groovy three dimensional foliage sphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, this book is a great resource for that
step by step process and I about hit myself in the forehead when I saw the
simple tool used to fill the sphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
aren’t just talking spheres of hearty status flower; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we are talking delicate heads of fluffy
dandelions encased in a sphere of resin!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shireen has done her research
with these resins and shares what she has learned about them to her readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were a couple of resin products I had
considered trying, but was a little overwhelmed with so many products on the
market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before reading this book, I
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gives me the information I need to dehydrate my own flat and dimensional
foliage in my own home and makes the resin jewelry making process seem less
intimidating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would highly recommend
this book to anyone wanting to explore resin jewelry or to augment their
current jewelry style, by adding resin components.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book is a work of art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-69958376166374159862014-01-27T17:36:00.000-06:002014-01-27T17:36:14.204-06:00New Etsy Tutorial for Fringe Earrings and Tucson Bead ShowHello Everyone. We live in the Midwest and have gotten a good deal of snow and cold weather. Cold weather and my mood have an inverse relationship; the colder it gets the lower my mood. It is as if the cold and my mood "thermometer" have plummeted. So, after much thinking about what to do about this, I cleared an area in my bedroom to put a folding table in front of a window just 24 hours ago. Since this time, I have more productive creatively than I have in many moons. I share this information with you in the event that you are also having these lulls in your creative inspiration during these frigid months. Just pony-up a chair to a window and do some creative work or reading and see what happens. It also helps to have some groovy music playing. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tucson Bead Show</b></span></span></div>
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About six months ago my parents announced that they were going to Arizona. They offered to take me with them for the entire month of February. I gave this some real thought, as I don't take many vacations. I have many commitments here at home, including a family as well as an exchange student from Korea living with us. And then there is our small pooch, Daisy. <br />
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After many supportive discussions with my husband, I decided to go to Arizona and to the Tucson Bead Show. I had no idea that Tucson boasts over 30 shows being held through the city of Tucson the first two weeks in February. Thirty!! Am I the last jewelry creator to know this? Perhaps, but I am taking full advantage of being in town at that time. I will take a two day Photoshop and Photography class by Doug Baldwin who is a professional jewelry photography artist. This will be followed by a two day teacher certification class on torch enameling metals with Barbara Lewis using her Painting With Fire technique. I look forward to sharing all of this with you on this blog upon my return in March. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>New Tutorial!!</b></span></h2>
I have just completed and posted my 4th tutorial: Lotus Petal Fringe Earrings. My first three tutorials are: 1. Patterning Metals with the Compact Rolling Mill, 2. Two Sided Patterned Puff Heart Pendant 3. Hinged Wire Woven Earrings. The Lotus Petal Fringe Earrings can be found on my Etsy site by clicking this link <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/177327828/lotus-petal-fringe-earring-tutorial?ref=shop_home_active_3">Click Here to Wired Lotus Etsy</a><br />
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I started creating this tutorial several months ago. First, I start with the concept and then work on that concept over and over until I am satisfied. Once I feel it is good to go, I then photograph every step. In this tutorial there are 145 photos and 54 pages of instructions. I take nearly 500 photos and choose the best of the group and then enhance the photos for viewer clarity. These photos are then put in a digital folder.<br />
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with each written step and formatted in an easy to read step by step tutorial format. Believe it or not, I then let all that is done simmer for a month or two. I literally want to "forget" what I have done. Why? So that when I return to it I can make the earrings based on the tutorial photos and words. It is a sort of check and balance system to make sure that it all makes sense and that all of my measurements within the tutorial are accurate. I don't just make one or two, but rather multiples of the earrings. I then edit the entire tutorial based on what I learned from creating the earrings. Everything is saved in PDF and then submitted to Etsy. Whew, that is a lot of thinking. Now my wheels are turning for the next tutorial. <br />
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I do hope that you are all staying warm and cozy in your homes. If you are in a warmer climate, please send the Midwest a little of that in a bottle. We would give you many thanks. <br />
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Namaste, Susan<br />
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At the end of November I received an e mail from a man
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read my rolling mill tutorial, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>
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<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>After reading the
tutorial she subsequently purchased the economy rolling mill to take her
jewelry creating to the next level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kinga was seeking clarification about my instruction with regards to the
copper outer sandwich and wanted to know if she could use the rolling mill with
only the pattern and the metal to be milled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span>This can be done and the embossed look will be just as nice as if the
outer copper sandwiches were used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
I first created the tutorial I included this step to assure that the rollers
were protected from hard metals such as stainless steel permanently etching a
design directly into the surface of the rollers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I would say that anyone wanting to roller
press <b>hard metals should use the protective outer copper sheets</b>, but if the
pattern used is not harder than the rollers, feel free to omit those outer
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The story continues through subsequent e mails with Kinga’s husband
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of the rolling mill by sharing with me a photo of her first rolling milled
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When I asked what made this splendid pattern, I was told a
split wire reinforced rubber/plasticized hose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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at that splendid design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Kinga’s Serendipity Etsy shop, Serendipity Silver Art,
boosts her first pair of rolling mill earrings(Textured Copper Earrings) and
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Kinga also shared with me a photo of one of her successes
working with etching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I initially
saw the photo I had to inquire as to how she finished the earrings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told she sawed and finished this lovely
pair of earrings by hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is apparent that her attention to detail
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I found myself drawn to Kinga’s style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We seem to share a similar attraction to the
arabesque shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get a feel for that
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Anyone wanting to join Kinga in making a connection can do
so on her Facebook page where she has been sharing her new discoveries and her
one of a kind pieces of jewelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
look for her as Serendipity Silver Art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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On a side note, I noticed today that over 4,000 people have
looked at the Flat to Fab Rolling Mill tutorial on Scribed and over 600 have
downloaded the tutorial on Jewelry Lessons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I guess that we should be seeing a whole lot more patterned metals
adorning earrings, pendants and other jewelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reason for writing this tutorial was to share and connect with others, at no
cost to them, the process of patterning metals so that they could experience
the joy of turning flat metals into patterned wonders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Thank you, Kinga, Ivan and all the rolling mill artists who
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-1425559563978968892013-12-11T13:40:00.000-06:002013-12-11T13:40:13.811-06:00Three Days of the ChristKindl Fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When last I wrote I was literally getting ready to go out the door to the Barrington, IL ChristKindl Fest. This is the village's first annual ChristKindl open air German Fest. <br />
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The Fest began at 3pm on Friday and ended at 5pm on Sunday. It was a three day event for which Wired Lotus had two weeks to prepare displays and create one of a kind jewelry. There were singers, dancers, Oompa bands, glog, open air German concession stands, a carousel, sweets, candied pecans, wooden carved nativity booth and even a pair of real reindeer. And to make everything even more authentic, there was a constant light fluffy snow that gracefully covered the tents, ground and knit hats of children all day on Sunday.<br />
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Across from our booth was the Barrington High School students who were participating in the "Merry Meals" project where their goal was to pack 10,000 meals to send to Guatemala City to feed children and families. They had a goal thermometer outside of their tent that we watched going up each day. By the end of the day the nice fella who was helping the students stopped by our "hut" to tell us that they exceeded their goal of 10,000 meals for the hungry. High five!! <br />
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James, our exchange student son, came to help us out on Saturday morning. He did a great job helping me to merchandise the jewelry on tables in front of the haus. He talked with the people of the community and offered great support. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James helps Susan set up tables on Saturday morning</td></tr>
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There were two booths that were selling hand made jewelry. One was our booth, Wired Lotus and the other was N Style Designs, whose booth was across and diagonal from our booth. Nancy owns this booth and we made a connection talking about the rigors and excitement of preparing for such a professional event as the ChristKindl Fest. <br />
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As chilly as it was there wasn't much of a whiff of the lavender that filled my marquise shaped bowl that propped up our business cards. Still, I wanted to share this new idea I had to display the cards, in case it can be of help to others seeking a similar business card solution.<br />
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<br />So, what was the hot item at our booth? It was the silver wraps with botanicals captured in resin, especially the spheres. Pendants were especially hot. This necklace was one of the few remaining resin botanicals. It is now at home in Studio V at Harper College. <br />
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In the midst of the events of the weekend, our son, Jonathan turned 18 years old. Before going to the Fest we fussed a little bit to make his day special. He was a very good sport about giving up his day so mom and dad could open up shop. <br />
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Daisy, our bichon frise was a naughty dog the first two days of the show as she had to stay at home alone for many hours. We had wanted to bring her with us, but we were afraid that she would get cold. On the third day of the show, we bundled her up and put a reindeer hat on her and she was very happy to be our haus mascot. <br />
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To end this post, I would like to humble myself by sharing with you the aftermath of the frenzy of preparing for the Fest. For those of you who have that creative or artistic gene, you will understand this phenomenon I call "creative tornado." It is as if a disaster is left in the wake of all that wire twisting and soldering. Looking back at this photo I wonder where I had any space to actually work!!<br />
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I know that this is a long post, but I want to end by giving thanks to several people who made this weekend very special:<br />
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*My husband, Mike, who worked all week, then stayed in the booth with me all weekend and held down the fort making meals and cleaning house. He fully supported everything about this weekend.<br />
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*Jonathan, who gave his support with this event on the weekend of his special birthday.<br />
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*Artie, my stepfather in Ohio, who spent many hours in a cold garage sawing and engineering my displays and sending me the finished displays to stain. Artie, you are a creative wonder. <br />
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*My mother, Julie, who supported my stepfather's absenteeism while he worked for days on the displays. <br />
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*Studio Vs, Thomas Tucker and Cheryl Turnauer for the opportunity to be introduced and chosen to represent the college and Studio V.<br />
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*Maria Coons and David Loop for orchestrating and securing the haus for Studio V.<br />
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*Andrea Russell for taking the time to prepare my jewelry for the Fest and for logging all of my jewelry back into Studio V.<br />
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*James, our exchange student son, for helping out at the haus on Saturday morning and showing great enthusiasm. <br />
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*Bob Lee who rode his bike 6,500 miles across the nation to raise awareness and funds for this three causes: ALS, cancer and hospice. Mr. Lee took the professional photo at the beginning of this post and sent it to us that night. Thanks for connecting with us, Mr. Lee<br />
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*The Barrington Rotary Club and the Barrington Village Association for all of your hard work volunteering to make ChristKindl Fest a wonderful Barrington event. We especially thank the Rotary ladies who brought us hot apple cider in the evenings. <br />
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*Thank you to all the kind people of Barrington and the surrounding communities who "connected" with us and offered us stimulating and thoughtful conversation. Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-55912811319396069912013-12-06T11:56:00.000-06:002013-12-06T11:56:02.611-06:00Off to the ChristKindl Fest in Barrington, IllinoisWhat an exciting event planned for our Northwest suburbs of the Chicago area!! Similar to the ChristKindl Fest in Chicago, at the Daley Center, we are celebrating the holiday in full force. Check out the website for the event at<br />
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Studio V graciously asked that I plan on attending the Fest with my jewelry in one of the huts. It has been a busy two weeks since I have been given this honor. Now, in about a half hour, I will be taking my jewelry to the festive event to share with the community. This is wildly exciting. <br />
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Last night we were given keys to the huts and here you can see me, in the light of night, in front of the hut that will house my jewelry and shivering legs. It is forecast to be 8-25 degrees this weekend. The event is three days.<br />
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SusanSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-9990941155009401122013-11-20T22:43:00.000-06:002013-11-20T22:43:23.447-06:00Studio V Holiday PartyHello Everyone. Today was Studio Vs Holiday party and customer open house. Studio V is located at Harper College in Palatine. It has been a little over a year since I was warmly welcomed into the Studio with my jewelry. This year I spent several months making jewelry to showcase for this event. Yesterday I worked until the wee hours of the night getting ready for my jewelry submissions. All pieces need to be made, finished, priced, packaged and inventoried. After all this is done I photograph each piece. The caveat to this year's prep is that yesterday I had been to the hospital for a surgical procedure and was scheduled for a second surgery today. I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to finish everything and take photos. I got out my 35mm digital camera and my new Doug Baldwin diffused light boxes and went to town taking photos of the jewelry at from 2-4am. It was a dream working with these lights. I look forward to taking Doug's jewelry photography and Photoshop class at the Tucson Bead Show in February. <br />
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The Daisy necklace was created by making a pattern onto sterling silver sheet with the rolling mill and then cut out a circle within a circle and finally dapped the inner circle making a bezel. I did this to fit a round daisy and resin cabochon that I made with Ice Resin. I recently learned how to get that clear look in resin by using a vacuum extractor. This involves a pressure chamber and a special oil filled vacuum machine with some tubing. It reminds me a lot of using a pressure cooking pot. Note that all the photos below are now at Studio V. <br />
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Of course the necklace had to have matching earrings. Here is where my new silicone sphere molds come into play. I got these molds from Resin Sun on Etsy and I love the quality of her molds. </div>
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And then there is the simple sphere silicone resin molded flower necklace with matching earrings. </div>
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I had read about sanding resin and gave it a go with this piece. It gives a sort of cloudy appearance, even with a variety of grits of sand paper at high as 12,000 grit. It eludes me how artists can sand resin and get a glassy finished surface. If you know how this is done, please share. When I was done sanding this piece, I thought it looked like a flower field in fog and went to town wrapping it. </div>
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Shifting gears a little bit I made a couple of pieces for Studio V out of an unusual and unlikely component; Elytra (Sternocera aequis) Beetle shells. I first saw these shells in a bead store in Wicker Park in Chicago. The minute I saw the jar full of these shells I thought that I had to find a way to wire wrap them into a pendant or earrings. I purchased a few grams of the wing bits and then created these jewelry pieces. </div>
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So, between tube setting, resin and bug shells I am having a great time making new discoveries, all of which involve wire wrapping or wire in some form. While I have a curious streak for jewelry making, my home base seems to be wire. </div>
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-17116504488867177752013-10-25T11:37:00.000-05:002013-10-25T11:37:25.636-05:00Setting Faceted StonesLearning and teaching is so important at a young age. It paves the way to understanding for a foundation for later life experiences. Now that later life is here, learning and teaching continues to be an integral part of my life. At this time I am in both teaching and learning mode. It has offered a great amount of growth experiences. <br />
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Recently I signed up for an online Craft University class where Ann Cahoon, a gold-smith from Massachusetts, demonstrates how to bezel set with tubes, prong setting and flush setting. Ann is smart, concise and a great teacher. After reviewing the class content the student does homework assignments and then submits them to Ann for critique. This process is time sensitive and ends in a couple of weeks. It truly is like taking a University class. <br />
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I began this process with reviewing the content for all three modalities of faceted setting. I found that at this time of my life, I am not interested in the complexities of flush settings. I also wonder about the integrity of the flush setting. While I enjoy the prong setting process, it is the bezel setting with tubing that most excites me. So, the two classes that I focused on were the bezel and the prong setting. <br />
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Bezel setting with tubes, I have learned, is not acurately called tube settings. I had always called it this and find it hard to change my ways, so for now I will call it bezel setting with tubes. I had thought that bezel settings were for cabochons. I first started bezel setting cabochons about four years ago. <br />
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The faceted stone has "parts" like an ant has parts. I remember learning ant parts in high school: Ant thorax, mandible and legs. The parts of a gemstone are: table, crown, girdle, pavilion and culet. Before this class I called those parts: flat top, faceted part, widest part, slopey part and point. In this instance, progress come in the form of correct terminology. <br />
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I am being brave in sharing my first examples on my blog as my technique is not yet ready for public display, but if I share them now I can then share other examples and the progress of the process will be documented. Perhaps someone reading this blog one day can find some comfort that they are not alone in faceted stone setting inadequacies. <br />
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In my untouched photos I have numbered the copper plates. Those numbers indicate the chronological order of attempts to the technique.<br />
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The stones used for the settings are purple cz. These stones are used because they have similar qualities to diamonds. <br />
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The problems that I had with bezel setting with the tube was sawing the tube perfectly straight for soldering onto the copper plate and then getting the top of the tube level to the table of the stone. I commiserated with my fellow students and found that I was not alone in this technique. In addition to getting the tube completely square, I seem to have difficulty with getting my "seat" drilled with the bur bit level. In attempting to get it level my stone would fall far below the top of the bezel. <br />
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At this time I await the teacher to critique these examples. It only goes UP from here. Stay tuned for progress photos and hopefully a finished pendant with a bezel setting. <br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-71547613625484708212013-10-20T11:12:00.000-05:002013-10-20T11:12:29.326-05:00San Diego and EncinitasIt has been a while since my last post, but today is a free day and I am wanting to get caught up, chronologically, with events that have touched my life over the last few months. <br />
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Communicating has been a challenge lately with a slower than slow computer that is bogged down and moves at the pace of a turtle in the middle of winter. I finally got a new computer and now everything seems to be moving along at Mach speed making me want to click my heels together. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Lotus Petal Fringe Earring Tutorial in Progress</b></u></span><br />
True to form, I have spent months working on two new tutorials. One is for a friend to whom I promised many moons ago. That one I will unveil closer to the finish date. The other is a fringe lotus petal earring. The latter uses a fun technique playing with circles and fringe. Fringe!! It is all about the swing of a fringe. Perhaps my passion for swing and sway came at an early age when I was in awe of Cher's famous hair finger flip. She would be singing her famous duet, "I Got You Babe" and then would look at Sonny, smile and would flip her raven silk head mop from the front to the back. Then there was leather fringe jackets and purses, as well as beaded fringe on clothing and jewelry. The fringe and the lotus combined in my mind to create this design.<br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Encinitas and San Diego</span></b></u><br />
After over a decade, my husband encouraged me to get on a plane to visit Encinitas and San Diego at the end of September. I had felt disturbed about the thought of flying since the fall of the Twin Towers. Flying wasn't anything that I wanted to do. We got on our plane in Chicago bound for San Diego and I suddenly thought, what is all the fuss about. A wise friend told me, "Susan, the pilot is in charge of the plane and you are in charge of you." That became my mantra. Between that mantra and a sprinkling of self induced confidence in the pilot, things went pretty smoothly. In fact, I was in awe as we flew over the Rocky Mountains. What I thought would be lush green mountain ranges were dry delightfully colorful ridges and valleys with rivers swirling with silt deposits.<br />
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Once in San Diego we stayed at Paradise Point where I spent hours with my camera capturing the frolic of the birds gathering on a small bay sandbar just outside of our hotel room. This pelican seemed to me to be a conductor leading his flock in a symphony. <br />
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The next day we went to Encinitas, California where we witnessed the most awesome Pacific ocean cliffs that merged with sandy beaches and ocean waves. Encinitas is a town filled with spirit, beach vibe, vegetarianism and lots of pretty and fit people. It is my new utopia. Visiting this with my loving husband was intensely romantic. <br />
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While in Encinitas we visited Self Realization Fellowship where Paramahansa Yogananda wrote his well known book Autobiography of a Yogi. The meditation gardens were stunning. While in the gardens we saw this lotus symbol that overlooks the vast Pacific ocean. While the lotus flower is a beautiful flower, there is something deep and endearing about the symbolism of the lotus.<br />
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While on the way out of town we saw the sun setting over the golden lotus finials of the SRF temple and witnessed three ladies practicing beautiful yoga poses on top of a tall Winebago parked at the top of the beach cliff. I wanted to grasp Encinitas in my heart and hug and take it all with me. <br />
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We spent the next day visiting downtown San Diego with our main focus on the Maritime Museum. Of note was the Bob Hope statue with piped in monolog and the HMS Surprise ship where Johnny Depp filmed The Pirates of the Caribbean. We went on a self guided tour of all the ships. Yeah, I got a little hammy at the wheel where most likely Mr. Depp twirled a time or two.<br />
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During our time in San Diego my husband attended a national conference for college advancement and I spent a little time photographing a classroom lesson in our hotel room, that is, in addition to photographing the herbaceous foliage and water birds. <br />
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Yesterday I held my first official wire weaving class at Harper at Studio V. The class was 3 hours long and held adjacent to Studio V in a large room. I was able to use an overhead projector to skim through the step by step photos of the process of creating the entire pendant. The two students in the class were beginners and had no jewelry experience. The three of us stood side by side and created beautiful works of woven wire art. They blew me away with their immediate command of the jewelry tools, concepts and verbiage of the wire creating trade. The photo is of Laura who discovered that wire weaves have a rhythm to them and that while there may be explicit instructions, following intuition and heart is what creates the best work of art. <br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">On Turning 50</span></b></u><br />
This week I enter the realm of the mid-century mark. When you turn 50 years the doctors talk about tests that involve terrible probes and needles. The 50 and older local clubs send you postcards asking you to join their bus outings (I call this "instant friends"). And as if on cue, the body gets a little slower and chubbier in the caboose area. While I don't subscribe to all of that, I rather look at my maturation as a gift of experience. With the support of my loving parents and my dear husband, I have been able to make more self and artistic discoveries the last decade than any other. And with the guidance of my wise HSP guru I have journeyed though layers of deep self understanding and self actualization. It is still a work in progress. The bottom line is, I may have 50 candles on the cake, but I feel like life is just getting started!!<br />
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I end this posting with a photo of a cement plaque located at the Martin Luther King Park in San Diego.<br />
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It seems that each time I work a piece that there is a snafu or two that I must overcome. The above paragraph is a perfect example of creative problem solving. When I look at the work that others do with their wire it frequently seems effortless. The way that artists make the wire duck and weave in arcs and sweeps is really amazing. It is for this reason why I am drawn to wire wrapping and weaving. The results is incredibly dimensional. Each time I create I think of those that inspired me and how grateful I am to them for paving the pathway in this wonderful world of wire. <br />
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~SusanSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-57579166570650321952013-05-30T09:35:00.001-05:002013-06-05T22:23:08.278-05:00"Fly" Cicada EarringsWith summer fast approaching I immerse myself in the wonder of nature that surrounds our house. This year the bushes and trees exploded in a show of blossoms that rivaled any prior spring fancy. The seeds that I have planted have produced serrated leaves. The lettuce that I planted last year has reappeared in colors of burgundy and lime green, which fill the pot and seem to be begging to be part of our dinner salad. In the background the cacophony of mating squirrels, gaggles of geese, the tall and formal stance of the white egrets and the litter of the red robin's blue egg shells tucked in the grass all bring back memories of the prior summer. This sudden influx of beautiful nature warms and excites my creativity. Here is a photo of a hungry robin I took from a nest outside of our home last summer.<br />
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It is only natural that these thoughts of spring and summer should ignite my creative juices to pull out the cicada wings that I collected at the end of August last year. Each year, at the end of summer, I step carefully around the cicadas that rest on our sidewalks. I find the big bugs rather eerie.<br />
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It seems that I am drawn to things that elicit a goose-bumpy response to obtain a closer look or to study their foreboding morphology. Cockroaches are one of those daunting things. I don't think you will see me working with roaches, but never say never. Anyway, when studying the cicadas I noticed their wings were coarsely veined.<br />
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Since I enjoy working with my rolling mill I thought I would see what would happen if I milled a wing against annealed copper. The results were pretty fantastic, especially when highlighting the metal with liver of sulfur. I want to disclaim that all the bugs that I use were found dead. I'm very sensitive to life and nature. <br />
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After getting out my stash of wings I created a pair of earrings from copper and silver wire. I like to use the copper, as it anneals softer and accepts the impression more deeply than the silver. I also like the contrast of the copper with the silver. On these I included a small pearl at the bottom. <br />
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Now, that my wings are out and ready for use I think that I will create another piece of jewelry from them. I so enjoy the freedom to create from the heart and working with metal and wire allows my inner child to emerge.<br />
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If anyone reading this has something unusual they like to work with, feel free to share this by posting your thoughts in the comments section below. <br />
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Wishing you all a happy spring and a great entry into summer!!<br />
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Wired LotusSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-62529793497070007482013-05-27T21:40:00.000-05:002013-05-27T21:40:14.549-05:00Little Metal Can BeadsToday I was perusing my jewelry photos and found this photo of some little can beads that I made following an example in a magazine. I can't remember which jewelry magazine or the author, but if anyone can think of it feel free to post it below. <br />
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Anyway, I remember after making these beads that I didn't think that they were fantastic or exciting and today when I looked at this photo I thought that were pretty cool. These were made from those colorful Mountain Dew Cans that I had saved in the event that I may need them. Oh yeah, I have a lot of stuff that I save for a rainy day. I even saved some of the tempered glass that was blown out of our car after our accident to set in resin one day. Anyway, the design of these little can beads look easy to construct, but I remember each bead taking me nearly a day to create. I still have one or two of them and feel a bit inspired to incorporate some wire wrapping into the design to see what I can come up with. For now, they are simply can beads awaiting further decorating. Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-70128749890740533192012-12-07T11:18:00.000-06:002012-12-07T11:18:38.021-06:00My Jewelry Debuts at a GalleryHello friends. My first consignment opportunity debuted on December 5, 2012 at Harper College at Studio V. I am excited to share the story with you as well as the process on how this came to fruition, as I know that many who will read this blog are fellow jewelry/wire artists. Below is a photo of the outside of Studio V.<br />
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This all started when I got word that the college was going to have a freestanding and professional gallery storefront on the campus in the Chicago area. I am actually an alum of the school and am familiar with the campus. I sent the Studio an e mail inquiring about submitting. They asked me to provide them with my website and three photos of my work. After doing that I was asked to meet with them and bring several pieces in for them to see. Last week I met with the Studio's visual fashion merchandising professor at Harper College who spearheaded Studio V (that is a Roman Numeral V for the five senses). He was very positive about my jewelry and price point. He referred to my wire wrapping as "Fashion Jewelry." This was a term I had not considered my jewelry falling under, but I rather liked this description. He compared and contrasted this to fine jewelry such as wedding and diamond engagement rings that you find at mall retail stores. After he agreed to accept my jewelry on consignment we talked about the business aspects. He then showed me a locked jewelry glass display case for which my jewelry would be shown. The following week on December 5, I brought in 18 pieces of jewelry and all my display items. The merchandising professor and one of his merchandising students took my
jewelry and the displays and shared these items with an entire class of merchandising students that day where they went to work making a display for my jewelry in the locked glass case. They augmented the display by scattering small white Christmas light bulbs at the bottom of the display. Very cool!! In addition to having my jewelry debut on December 5, Studio V was also having an open house that night complete with hor' d'oeuvres and wine. My supportive husband and I attended this well planned and professional event. While at the event, we saw fashion clothing, fragrant organic soaps, artwork, jewelry, glass work and other design elements which were wonderful to behold. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Constructing the display and other logistics are outlined below</span></b><br />
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About two years ago, my stepfather, Artie, made me some merchandising displays for my jewelry. They are basically small black wooden stands for jewelry cards and then some various heights of wooden square pillars painted in three colors (fawn brown, soft turquoise and cream) for which to display the card stands upon. I'm glad that he created this for me, as I was able to use these in my display. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> The pillars Artie made for my jewelry display</span></b><br /><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>This is one of the many jewelry card stands that Artie made for me. The pillars are not shown. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The jewelry card stands are pretty cool. The slots are at an angle and the cards rest back to easily display the card and jewelry. It is perfect for small necklaces, earrings and even bracelets. </b></span><br />
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To prepare for this event, I made the jewelry cards, as shown above, went to my local custom rubber stamp store and had them make three rubbers stamps with my logo/logos. I also fancied up some brown boxes with my logo. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The three rubber stamps</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> This is my secondary logo. My first is the lotus with the OM symbol. </span></b><br /><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Here I am seeing the display for the first time. Notice the small light bulbs at the bottom of the case. </span></b><br />
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Creating and sharing what I design and wire wrap has been a constantly evolving journey (and still is). A little over a week ago I didn't know that I would display my jewelry in a studio, a little over a year ago I didn't know that my "lessons" would be shared in a magazine, a little over two years ago I was frightened by the thought of writing my first tutorial, but since then I have written four and am currently working on two more. What makes this possible? I can't say for sure, but feel it has a lot to do with positive affirmations from the jewelry community and the emotional support from my family and friends. If you are a jewelry artist and have had reservations about sharing your work it is my hope that some of this has inspired or helped you in some small way to get your work out there and noticed. <br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-13772740676324520072012-10-16T11:12:00.000-05:002012-10-16T11:14:57.182-05:00New Hinged Wire Woven Earring Tutorial on Etsy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Everyone. To think that over a year ago I wanted to create my very own tutorial and now I have three completed!! That was a dream of mine to create at least one lesson and share it with other people wanting to know how to contort wire into functional shapes. The process is a lengthy one to complete one tutorial, but when it is finished I get that same feeling I get when I turn the last page of a good book. I want more!! So this means that I will start working on my next tutorial.<br />
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About this tutorial: This one is different from the others in that I didn't use sheet metal for any components. Everything is done with wire to create a hinged earring. See the photo below to see the moveable hinge:<br />
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The reason for creating a hinge is to show how this hinging is possible while incorporating the hinge wire into the design. Why is this important? This will allow for a more fluid design following making the hinge instead of using a rivet or swirls or a curled wire at either side of the hinge. Using this technique doesn't make it necessarily better than the others, but gives the artist another option in their design. The hinge also allows for a movement in the piece that would otherwise be stationary. This hinge can also be used in bracelets and was actually intended for this use, however I felt this earring design to be pretty groovy, so went with it.<br />
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This design can be done in any soft metal such as silver, gold fill, gold or copper. Below, see the copper earring. This is my mother's favorite (Christmas present? Perhaps!!):<br />
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For the design of the earring I used a pear shaped briolette. After I photograph, write and put all the steps into a document I then work the tutorial myself just to be certain that it works smoothly. When I was done I created this pair of earrings out of a triangle bead and with more chains.<br />
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This tutorial was a great adventure. Now, on to my next one!! I'm thinking a chakra barrel bead pendant done with metal forging, wire wrapping and chains. Gotta love those chains!!<br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-51916065139707631102012-09-26T09:18:00.000-05:002012-09-26T09:18:14.782-05:00I'm Published!! Thanks, Art Jewelry!!What does Art Jewelry magazine, snakeskin and tutorials have in common? My step by step article on how to imprint snakeskin onto silver and copper sheet to make a delicate texture for wire framed earrings. <br />
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If you click on the link provided here you can see a short video of all the interesting projects in the November issue of Art Jewelry, including my Snake Skin Earring tutorial. <br />
<a href="http://art.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/Videos/From%20the%20Pages%20of%20Art%20Jewelry/2012/09/November%202012%20Issue%20Preview.aspx">November 2012 Art Jewelry Magazine Video Preview</a><br />
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So how did that come to fruition? About five years ago a master seed bead artist encouraged me to send my wire wrapping ideas into a magazine or enter a contest. I looked at her like she had grown a second head and placed a hand on my chest, looked around the room and said to her, "Who me?" She told me that it would never happen if I didn't try. I thought that the idea was overwhelming and yet her voice kept returning to me each time I would finish a project. I would ask myself if the finished project was worthy of entering it into a juried art exhibit, a magazine or a contest. Honestly, it is challenging to be objective about your work after finishing it, as so much tender love, resources and time goes into many of the wire wrapping pieces that I complete. It seems that with each necklace, earring, ring or bracelet that I finish that I appreciated it more than the others. Still, I knew that bells would ring and songs would permeate my surrounding when I had that hit. That happened a year ago when my uncle's wife asked me to make and donate a snake head necklace (see my post banner snake head) for a fundraiser to research the Western Diamondback rattlesnake. The necklace sold to the highest bidder in a silent auction and subsequently 1,000 dollars went towards tracking devices for our reptilian friends. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It all started with a sketch of the snake head</span></b></div>
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After the snake head was finished and photographed I sent a photo into Art Jewelry. They asked me to fill out a submission form and send them the snake head necklace to their office in Wisconsin. I not only sent them the necklace, but the matching earrings that I made out of the snake skin rolled against silver in my rolling mill. They photographed the snake head and put that photo into the Art Jewelry Gallery and asked me if I would do a step by step article for the earrings. After I danced a small jig I wrote them back telling them that I would be glad to write a step by step article. <br />
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Writing an article for a magazine is different from writing one for your own use. I tend to write my step by step tutorials with nearly a hundred photos or more. To do that for a magazine would take many pages. It was my job to condense the ideas and photos that I had to convey the process thoroughly. After submission to the magazine the editors proofed my completed submission and sent back some changes, including a couple of illustrations that offered even more visual enlightenment to the process. Their assistance was gold!! It was wonderful to work with such a professional editing staff.<br />
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So, check out the Snake Skin Earrings, as well as other projects that use interesting components in the November 2012 issue of Art Jewelry. I have also provided links to my tutorials. One is a free tutorial on how to use the Economy Compact rolling mill and the other is on patterning metals without a rolling mill.<br />
<a href="http://www.jewelrylessons.com/tutorial/two-sided-patterned-puff-heart-pendant">Patterned Metals Without Rolling Mill</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jewelrylessons.com/tutorial/patterning-metals-compact-rolling-mill">Free Rolling Mill Tutorial</a><br />
<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-65214633437640770432012-09-05T22:53:00.000-05:002012-09-05T22:53:35.687-05:00First Lesson for a Budding Artist<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Where does the person start who knows little to nothing
about jewelry or metal fabrication?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do
they start with beads?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Metals?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wire wrapping?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not all three?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week we had some out of town company
visit with us from Ohio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was my
husband’s college roommate and his wife, Trish, who is a nurse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wife asked me if she could watch me work
in my studio and I asked her if she would consider working with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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if she could dabble in many of the tools offered to create such a
necklace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This meant bringing out the
torch, rolling mill, hammers, dapping blocks, metal stamps, disc cutter and
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here you can see Trish using a drill press for the first
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What was so amazing is Trish’s steady hand while stamping
metal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This stamping she did was her
first attempt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She nailed it!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was awesome to see Trish work all of the
metal fabricating tools with great confidence and precision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her finished necklace looks great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t you think?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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What does art mean to you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does it resonate with your soul?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How would you describe art if you were asked?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are all questions that I asked myself
this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I had not intended to feel
philosophical about my artistic feelings, but outside forces shifted my focus
to look at this glaringly today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
thankful that this opportunity arose early this morning as I was walking around
our neighborhood lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I was challenged this morning to think of art as a personal
journey when someone close to me noticed my OM <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span>tattoo for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This person mentioned to me, “Art should be
viewed on a wall, not on the skin.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
human and my first feeling was one of defensiveness, but that gave way to introspective
thoughts about what art meant to me and how others perceive my art or how I
perceive the art of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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As long as no living thing was harmed art is neither wrong nor
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A gamut of emotions can follow when viewing art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take the tattoo, for example, the reaction of
the person viewing it was one of unpleasantness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can think of a host of reasons why body art
doesn’t appeal to some.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, in a sense,
the art of a tattoo can elicit a response that can be visceral, entertaining or
even spiritual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Artwork is something that is visualized or
experienced and evokes a response.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
because the response isn’t always favorable doesn’t make it true art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, some great artists attempt to
challenge the person experiencing the art to feel something other than
pleasantness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I thought about the saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the
Beholder.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I am a beginning artist and
I artistically create something that brings me great joy, then I am happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I am a seasoned artist and something I
make doesn’t seem finished then, I am
not happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So who wins?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess it would be the person who connected
spiritually to the experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could
line up ten people from different artistic strata and ask them to critique the
work of a young artist and they might change the vantage point of that artist,
but nothing can take away that feeling of actually creating something
for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That critiquing is
where the great conflict emerges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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So, I challenge you to create.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Find your artist within.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask no one if what you design is good
enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it connects with you
spiritually and gives you a sense of fulfillment, then you have released the
artist you know is evolving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I use the
word “evolving” because artistry work is a process of constant evolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more we think and work like an artist the
more we feel the role.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjardkz9ArLSaG05FbHaofrqCrrz1OBg8CJ37Pmb0pUjEAsLilTsx6VGeCBuDwW7FPtzAV50I8L8AdNSZkluugn8niIbxCGqt4ZpGrIR0clm89A17uf2bEDtmVsUC5_tb_bRQ_o4UxgjcI/s1600/IMG_8702-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjardkz9ArLSaG05FbHaofrqCrrz1OBg8CJ37Pmb0pUjEAsLilTsx6VGeCBuDwW7FPtzAV50I8L8AdNSZkluugn8niIbxCGqt4ZpGrIR0clm89A17uf2bEDtmVsUC5_tb_bRQ_o4UxgjcI/s320/IMG_8702-web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">My OM Tattoo</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<i>Seed=design idea</i></div>
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<i>Bud=playing with the design</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<i>Blossom=feeling the design ignite your spirituality<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>
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<i>Release the fragrant nature=feeling fulfilled with the
design</i></div>
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<i>Reseeding=sprouting new design ideas from the original seed</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<i>~Susan Barzacchini </i></div>
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<br /></div>
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Feel the shift within by creating your own bouquet that
makes you feel accomplished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Namaste, Susan</div>
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<br /></div>
Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-42982455802770923592012-08-05T13:06:00.000-05:002012-08-05T13:06:01.304-05:00Surprise!!Surprise!! <br />
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"Surprise" is what I got when my lovely neighbor gave me a bouquet of roses, buds and sunflower in a hurricane glass vase. Let me explain. About three years ago we moved into a new neighborhood in a condo and I had a dream come true. We moved smack dab in the middle of two lovely neighbors. The lady on our right is my 82 year old walking buddy who gets up early and encourages me to walk each day, which is terribly necessary for this diet of mine to work effectively. The three ladies on our left are equally as wonderful. One of these ladies is a jewelry artist who specializes in making pieces with gemstones and fine silver metal clay. I love and own some of her work. So, back to the surprise. Yesterday the jewelry artist neighbor knocked on our door and had a bouquet of flowers and some home made chocolate cupcakes with white icing. I wonder who told her that this was my most favorite treat in the world. I can't imagine life without tuxedo cupcakes. As she gave me the flowers she mentioned that before I toss out that water in the vase of the flowers that I should examine the bottom of the vase closely. Still fixed on the sugary goodness slathered with white butter-cream icing I nodded and closed the door to our condo. I ask you, "What the heck is better than sugar and flowers?" Oh, perhaps diamonds and gemstones. Right? <br />
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I took the bouquet into my house to find a conspicuous place to show off those lovely petals and glossy leaves. I finally decided on the coffee table, but before I placed them down I decided to see what the "surprise" was at the bottom of the vase. I love surprises, but I am rarely surprised, as I seem to have a keen sense of intuition that holds me back from actually being surprised. <br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Upon closer inspection this is what I found at the bottom of the vase</span></div>
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I could hardly believe my eyes. What I had initially thought were marbles were actually faceted bits of glittery things. Today I would discover that these were semi precious gemstones from my neighbor's personal stash. Whoo hoo!! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">And do you know what I did after I made this amazing discovery? I grabbed a big spoon out of our silverware drawer to pull some of the gemstones out to touch them and see them and to examine the facets. Now I know how a pirate feels when they find their hidden treasure. Okay, so maybe that is a little overboard, but I'd like to say that I found a treasure at the bottom of that vase. I am thankful for this gift and even more thankful for such amazing neighbors. </span></span></div>
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Since many of you are jewelry artists I would love to have your input on wire wrapping these pretty gemstones. I like to work in silver round wire and have wrapped a couple gemstones different ways, but I think that I will be needing some more ideas to keep my hands busy. </div>
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Since writing the tutorial/article on using the rolling mill I have received e mails from artists interested in the technique, but not ready to take the plunge to get a rolling mill...at least not yet. I understand this, as I have been wanting a hydraulic press for years and have been tentative to make this purchase for various reasons. This information started my wheels turning on how metal could be patterned and "puffed" simply by using tools found on most jeweler's benches without a rolling mill or a hydraulic press. After much head scratching I had an idea that involved using acrylic that I had purchased at a rubber stamp convention years ago. I grabbed a 2X2 acrylic square and some patterned brass and went to work attempting to combine the techniques of patterning and "puffing" the same piece of metal.<br />
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My first attempt was successful, so I tried it again and again until I was confident that this discovery was not just a fluke, but a successful process. What I discovered is that this technique requires heat. The metal has to be annealed, there is no way around it. Once I had figured this out, I set my sights for creating a tutorial. Since I wanted to share not only the processes, but a finished piece, there was a lot of photographing to capture nearly each movement that I made through the lens of my camera.<br />
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It amazes and excites me to meld the process of making jewelry with photographing each stage and then post processing and editing the photos for ease of viewing. The mind thinks differently when trying to figure out how to put each step into photos. It is like two layers of art; making the jewelry while photographing. My mind and my heart are at peace with this form of creativity. So, after months of creating prototypes, photographing, writing and arranging I present to you the Two Sided Patterned Puff heart Pendant Tutorial (including the alternate cross pattern), which can be found at Jewelrylessons.com. <a href="http://www.jewelrylessons.com/tutorial/two-sided-patterned-puff-heart-pendant">http://www.jewelrylessons.com/tutorial/two-sided-patterned-puff-heart-pendant</a>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-56401191772722123052012-05-31T15:21:00.000-05:002012-05-31T15:21:30.562-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow, can it be that I last posted five months ago? That is far too long. I've been working on another tutorial and it is very close to completion; just a bit of tweaking and soon it will be posted. More on that later, but for now I'm so excited to share something that I have been wanting for a long time, but needed to work out the logistics. This something is a jewelry tag with the Wired Lotus logo. I had wanted to do this in the form of a stamp, but what I wanted was bigger than most jewelry stamps could handle. This prompted me to contact Tracey from Rolling Mill Resource to see what she could do with her custom low relief patterns. Tracey looked at some designs that I had for her and she offered her suggestions for a logo that would translate well in a low relief rolling mill pattern. She then put my final design into a low relief pattern and sent me a sample to see how it would work for me. See the below photo of two of the samples she sent to me. <br />
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The above is a photo of the actual rolling mill relief patterns. Note that one is three dimensional and the other is sunken in relief. So, not only did I get my choices with size, but I also was given two different looks to choose from. For those that patina their work, this makes a huge difference, as when you "rub off" some of the patina to expose the high areas this is what stands out, while the rest of the piece looks more antiqued and dark. So, the above pattern will sink into the metal and the words will be dark with patina and the below pattern will be three dimensional resulting in the letters and pattern being highlighted with buffing. How cool is that? <br />
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If I didn't own a rolling mill and I discovered this technique of personalizing all of the jewelry that I give as gifts, then I would surely want one right now!! I mean, who knew that paper could imprint designs onto metal right in the convenience of my home? If you are interested in learning more about rolling mills or this technique I have now posted my free rolling mill tutorial at JewelryLessons.com, which can be downloaded and printed from your computer. See the link below:<br />
http://www.jewelrylessons.com/tutorial/patterning-metals-compact-rolling-mill<br />
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Also, check out Tracey's Facebook page, but hold on to your hats, because this will really wow:<br />
http://www.facebook.com/RollingMillResource <br />
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As always, thank you for taking time to visit my blog. I'm excited to be back at it!!<br />
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~SusanSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-82186859261213381582011-12-12T20:36:00.000-06:002011-12-12T20:36:32.047-06:00Cicada Wings in the Rolling MillDuring the months of late July and through August the cicadas sing their cacophony high in the maple and elm trees in the neighborhood. In high season their symphony can be very loud and their shells can be seen still clinging to tree trunks, which my young son liked to pick off and put into a cicada shell collection jar. Towards the end of their life span the music dwindles to a buzz here and there. By the end of August and early September the large eyed bugs have lived their short life above ground and can be found in the grass and the sidewalks at the end of their life cycle. Since I tend to enjoy going for walks in the neighborhood in the summer time I would stumble upon many of these ridged cicadas. Their morphology always fascinated me in a somewhat mysterious way, especially their beautiful wings and bubble eyes. <br />
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This last summer one of these big bugs landed on our bedroom window screen and I took some photos of it and this got me thinking about how interesting it would be to try to mill a wing and see what kind of impression it would leave. Mind you, there is no way that I would ever touch a live bug as big as this, so you know that what I did was use one that was past it's prime to experiment. After mustering much courage, I snapped the wing off of one of the dead cicadas and ran it in the mill against annealed copper, dipped it in liver of sulfur, drilled a few holes and polished it up . The result was pretty fantastic. It was as if the memory of this cicada would go on for a while longer imprinted into copper. There is something kind of cool about that. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I love the look of a nice pearl, especially with silver or gold or hand knotted with silk thread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what is known of these lovely gems of the water?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">About two years ago I was searching for some nice 2mm pearls at a trunk show at a jewelry shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I noticed that the prices of all the pearls varied drastically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose the pearls that I felt were esthetically pleasing and walked away as happy as a clam with my iridescent lovelies that boasted various nacre surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nacre is the outer radiate layer of the pearl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thinner the nacre the more likely the pearl exterior is prone to crack or chip. More recently, I purchased some expensive half drilled pearls over the Internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I got those pearls I was in love!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew then that there is a difference with pearls and that difference isn’t just the price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After doing some research on the Internet and looking at books in the local library, I found a surplus of information about pearls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those that wear or work with pearls and are interested in learning more I would recommend a book titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Pearl Buying Guide: How to Identify and Evaluate Pearls and Pearl Jewelry</u></i>, by Renee Newman 2010 edition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to her book, Newman sites pearl price factors being affected by the pearl luster, surface quality, shape, color, size, nacre thickness, matching, treatment status and pearl type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pearl types are saltwater/freshwater, natural/cultured, whole/blister. What I have learned is that a large high luster pearl, with few flaws, that is symmetrically round in a white or light pink color which has thick nacre or is a natural pearl, is one that is frequently most valued. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">What is a natural pearl?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a pearl that is formed as a result of a particle or parasite entering the mollusk shell naturally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mollusk secretes pearly calcium carbonate exudates around the particle as a form of protection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over time the mollusk will continue to form thin layers of this coating producing concentric growth rings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think of the rings found in a cut tree stump for a similar visual. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The natural pearl is nearly all nacre.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What is a cultured pearl?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cultured pearl is the result of human intervention where a person inserts a foreign object into the mollusk that is usually a nucleus bead or a small portion of an oyster or mussel tissue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over time the irritant is covered by thin layers of nacre by the mollusk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cultured pearl has an outer coating of a few layers of nacre with a solid nucleus that was the inserted foreign object.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tips for care of your pearls:</div><div class="MsoNormal">*After worn, wipe the pearls with a clean dry cloth.</div><div class="MsoNormal">*Store in a soft bag or jewelry try separate from other jewelry to prevent chipping of the nacre</div><div class="MsoNormal">*Store in an environment that is not dry or warm to prevent the nacre from drying out and cracking.</div><div class="MsoNormal">*If the pearl needs to be washed, do so with Ivory flakes or castile soap and warm distilled water, rinse well with distilled water and lay flat to air dry.</div><div class="MsoNormal">*Don’t use ultrasonic cleaner, chemicals or abrasives with the pearls.</div><div class="MsoNormal">*Apply hairspray, perfume and make up before wearing pearls.</div><div class="MsoNormal">*Restring silk hand knotted pearls about every year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">*In jewelry design patina metal before adding pearls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not dip pearls in liver of sulfur</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In conclusion, pearls tend to be one of the fragile gems that need special care when worked into a jewelry design, as well as specific considerations when worn, stored and cleaned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their spherical radiance offers much to a design that is well thought out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is my hope that by reading something that you have seen here that you will be encouraged to work with and wear more pearls confidently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268751451088319824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2485208613850605180.post-85761370221026267102011-12-10T17:32:00.000-06:002011-12-10T17:32:23.340-06:00Day 2!!<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Thanks to my husband, Mike, I now have a place to put my jewelry thoughts, photos and ideas to pen and paper (so to speak). Last night we worked on the logistics for getting set up on blogger and Scribd. Computers are a different language for me, so this was very helpful. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">If you click on the pdf link below you will have the opportunity to see my first posting, which is a pictorial lesson on how to use the rolling mill. With the help of many people this lesson has come to fruition. The lesson contains dozens of photos, instructions and tips for using the rolling mill. I designed this lesson for the person starting off with a new rolling mill or for the artist interested in understanding the rolling mill before purchasing one. I encourage anyone making this purchase a consideration to look at this free lesson and to ask me any questions that are left unanswered after looking at the lesson. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Why did I create a rolling mill lesson plan? A couple of years ago, I took a strong interest in wanting to learn about etching metal, as patterned metals appealed to me. I found the etching process daunting, as I didn't care to have the acids required to etch silver in my house. All pathways, during my research to patterning metals, </span></span>led to the rolling mill. After perusing the Internet for a lengthy period I found very little on the process. The few articles that I did find were helpful to me. Once I had spent some time with the mill and through trial and error I finally became more comfortable with patterning metals with the rolling mill. I use my rolling mill almost exclusively for patterning sterling silver and copper. I had vowed to myself that once I became more comfortable with using the rolling mill that I would share what I have learned with others in hope that they could follow an untapped creative muse. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/75287759/From-Flat-to-Fab-Pattern-Metals-with-the-Economy-Compact-Rolling-Mill"><i>Flat to Fab: Patterning Metals </i><i>with the Economy Compact Rolling Mill</i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(PDF download)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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